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FRIDAY
MARCH i6, 1990
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA
VOL11ME 138 , NUMBER 36 u INDIANA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER
Senate proposes Winter Term changes
by Dan Draheim
Student Senate issued a letter
last week proposing severnl fun­damental
changes in the Fresh­man
Winter Tenn core program.
The letter proposes that, first,
the tenn be divided into two sec­tions:
a week-long genernl back­ground
course study of the chosen
subject matter and, afterwards. an
opportunity to choose from oneof
four areas of study, including the
social sciences, humanities; natu­ral
sciences, ilnd the arts. Students
would concentrate on this spe-'
cialized study of the topic for the
remainder of the tenn.
"Within each of these subject
areaS," the letter reads, "the stu­dents
could focus on the genernl
topic from a more concentrated
point of view." .
The second proposal the let­ter
makes is that stUdents be re­quired
to complete andpresent an
individual orgro.ippiojectto show
what they learned during the
course. This project, proposed "in .
order to make students more ac­countable
and to avoid tests and
quizzes during Winter Tenn,"
could be a skit, a work of art, or'
any other demonstration of under­standing
related to the subject
matter of the course.
AccordingtosophornoreJoel
Hand, chair of the Student Senate
Investigations Committee, the
letter was sent to, among other
people, Robert Bottoms, univer-.
sity president, Joan Claar, dean of
students, John White, dean of the
university, junior Steve Todd,
president of Academic Council,
ilnd sophomore Ted Bateman,
student representative to· the
Committee on Academic Policy
ilnd Planning (CAPP).
Although Senate sent the let­tertoseveraIdifferentpeople,
their
main focusis on CAPP, saidHand.
. "They have the pOwer to do
with Winter Tenn what they
want," Hand said.
. Associaie Dean Stanley
Warren, who beljJedSenatti under­stand
the changes that students
Research fellows program
to give sciences a lift
by Stan McCoy
The sciences at DePauw are
looking for a lift from a new pro­gram
designed to attract high cali­ber,
reasearch-oriented students.
The Science Research Fel-
"We haven't heard of
anything quite like this
at other places. Every­one
we've talked to
has been very excited
about the program"
- Associate Dean
John White
lows Program, which has been
approved by the faculty, will at­tract
six to ten students every year
for intensive study in the sciences
and special research opportuni­ties.
The first group of Science
Research Fellows is scheduled to
enroll in Fall, 1991.
According to Associate Dean
for Academic Affairs John White,
the program should pul DePauw
on the "cutting edge" in science;
"We haven't beard of any­thing
quite like' this at other
places," said White. "Everyone
we've talked to has been 'very
excited about the program."
Specifically, students who
enter the Science Research Fel­lows
Program will participate in
an interdisciplinary introductory
course and will be gnaranteed
reasearch opportunities with
DePauw faculty: During the Jun­ior
year, program participants will
doa semester-long intemshipwith
a major research institution. gOY·
emment agency, or reasearch
"industry. The program will finish
with a "capstone" course designed
get . students talking ahout the
reasearch they have done.
According to Kathleen
Jagger, a profess.or in the Biology
departinen~ the program has the
potential to broaden the base of
science students.
"Hopefully we will bring in
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have demanded' through Winter
Tenn questionnaires plus com­ments
from faculty members and
administrators, said that although
CAPP will probably not accept
the senate's proposal verbatim,
the committee should review it
with an open mind.
"The plan, a1ihougti it sounds
great, would be very difficult to
organize," Warren said. But he
added that Winter Tenn 1990-91
will not be a repeat of this year's
course.
'Tm sure we're not going to
do another China and .Japan
[class]," be said. "We're looking
into something a little more con­temporary-
something students
already have some background
with."
Warren mentioned poverty,
hunger, or human rights as pos­sible
proposed topics fornextyear.
Other changes Warreil meil­tioned
would deal with the grad­iIigsystem
and class scheduling.
Junior Lynn Marquez, chair
of Student Senate, said she hopes
CAPP's response to the proposal
will be positive.
"~I don 'freaJIy expect them to
go word-for-word on il," she said,
"hot I hope they accept it as a
realistic proposal."
Miuquez stressed the grad'
ing and group project clauses of
the leUer as important components
of the proposal.
Hand said, no matter how
CAPP receives the proposal, it is
important to review alternative
ideas on Winter Tenn.
"This is defmitely a step in
the right direction," he said.
Miuquezadded that she plans
to meet with hoth Todd and
Bateman in the near future to dis­cuss
the issue.
Phonathon raises $192,240 fcr armuaJ fund
by Laura Bond
A1thoughfallingjust below ils goal of$200,OCO.
the DePauw Annual Fund phonathon has risen to a
new plateau.
With twice as many student volunteersreceiv1ng
twice as many specified pledge commitmentS as last
year, phonathon co-chairpersons Sven Christianson
and GregPortell, both sophomores, call the phonathim
a "huge success."
"Our dollar figures just don'! show how it's
improved," Christianson said. '
Reaching a total of $192,240 in pledges by the
end of Wednesday night, phoimthon callers raised
aimost $50,GOO more than last year. Of all the altimni
who pledged money, aimost 3,OCO of !he pledges
""ere fmn commitments to a specific pledge amount.
LaSi yem the phmimholl raised $145,731, mak­ing
this year a 25 p£fCe:nt improvement over last .
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